just a quick note

just dropping in for a quick note...

the kids get out of school for the summer on next tuesday, they graduate from preschool and we start a summer of fun and preparation for kindergarten. i must admit that i'm a bit nervous about kindergarten...declyn still can't write his name and that is one of the things that the teachers want him to be able to do, as well as count to 10, sing the ABC's and identify his letters and numbers...so we'll be spending a little bit of time most days practicing...maybe i'll have declyn help me count as we set the table and/or count out fruits/veggies we buy at the grocery store or farmer's market, for that matter, maybe connor and declyn could take turns with that.

i'm also going to be doing a lot of testing various healthy recipes to find out exactly what healthy foods the boys enjoy eating enough for me to pack them for lunches...i really am not a big fan of school lunches, but the school they are going to is supposed to be a green school so i'll see if thier lunches are any better than others.

i just remembered that tomorrow is the Gay Pride Parade in Boston...Woo-Hoo! one of my best friends and her fiance are picking the little men and i up so that we can all go in together and we may meet up with other friends there. the parade is always cool as are all the booths and the music, it should be fun.

well, i'm on a mission to do some major cleaning and organising of my kitchen today, so i'll update again when i get the chance.

making time...

okay, so i've said before that i'm not very good at blogging...i tend to post whenever and not really stick to a schedual. i've had tons of ideas for things to write and then not written them... so i've decided to make time. i'm going to schedual myself some time every week to update my blog. i'm writting this on a sunday, but i'm thinking that thursday nights are usually the best time for me to blog, at least at this point in time.
some other things about making time...i realised that it often seems that i have little time for anything but washing dishes and doing laundry and otherwise clening or spent on tactics to avoid doing cleaning that i don't feel like doing, so i've decided to schedual times for that as well...carve out 30 minutes after dinner each day for doing dishes (also having the kids help...at thier age it is fun to help) and having a specific day, say mondays for laundry. i'm planning to limit time on the computer, for me and limit time watching tv or playing wii for the kids in order to make more time for the things we really want to do.
so i've found some blogs that mention parenting ideas that are pretty much in tune with what i aim to practice and found out about non violent communication and simplicity parenting...both things i want to read more about and work on incorporating into our lives...i hadn't even realised that there were books and blogs out there about the subject, but wow! it's so cool...i think i'll do more about that in another post since connor just climbed up in my lap and fell asleep (he's not feeling well today, so i'm hoping the rest will help him feel better).